# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wurzel
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:58:52.194Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wurzel"
name: "Würzel"
slug: "wurzel"
description: "Michael Richard Burston, commonly known by the stage name Würzel, was an English musician who played professionally for three decades. He played guitar in British rock band Motörhead from 1984 to 1995, playing on six studio albums and two live albums. Würzel died at the age of 61, following heart complications."
tagline: "British guitarist (1949–2011)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/2i69BiOa0pbMFosZnvAl5jUKccb.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1949-10-23"
deathDate: "2011-07-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.41
  momentum:             1.473588065154514
  historical:           18.00466533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5317185/"
    handle:    "nm5317185"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/386497"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "ورزيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Burston"
    title: "Michael Burston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Burston"
    title: "Michael Burston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Burston"
    title: "Michael Burston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%AC%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BB_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%AD%CF%81%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD_(W%C3%BCrzel)"
    title: "Μάικλ Μπέρστον (Würzel)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%BCrzel"
    title: "Würzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%BCrzel"
    title: "Würzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Burston"
    title: "Michael Burston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%BCrzel_(artiste)"
    title: "Würzel (artiste)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%BCrzel"
    title: "Würzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Burston"
    title: "Michael Burston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Burston"
    title: "Michael Burston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%BCrzel"
    title: "Würzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%BCrzel"
    title: "Würzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%BCrzel"
    title: "Würzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Burston"
    title: "Michael Burston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%BCrzel"
    title: "Würzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%BCrzel"
    title: "Würzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB_%D0%91%D1%8C%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Майкл Бьорстон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/55b6e7f5-41cd-49a3-891a-8c7089b445ed"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q463958"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1190573"
    title: "Würzel"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump